Wilbur Cross Parkway in Woodbridge reopens after pedestrian’s body found

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WOODBRIDGE — Traffic was backed up on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Woodbridge due to a police investigation into an untimely death. Connecticut State Police said a car may have hit a pedestrian sometime overnight.

Route 15 Southbound was closed between Exits 59 and 58 and the state Department of Transportation was on scene to assist with traffic.

The Hartford Courant reports that as cars stopped, southbound lanes of the Wilbur Cross Parkway resembled a parking lot. Frustrated motorists got out of their cars and walked around.

Police were called to the parkway just after 8:30 a.m. after DOT workers found what appeared to be a body on the side of the road near Exit 59 Southbound.